The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
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7. ..a.. ,cas over af last. and The most
-. l.rfGel CITY ia the Confetleracv
.I. hand. of fhc Fcdcrals
.., fbe few citizens remaining In
......red stronghold va. Henry Gates
u.'. t.. friends fed from the piace
r... -.f..el to go His wife had been
.r,I.1 she'll during the siege. and he
foif Interested iu anything
.,.n.r nll Def me alone. H Doe said .ft
.nIa.l ana going 60 shut myself
..f....I home. and nobody VIII Doe both
rI.r c
r uas n1t 900 easy matter for Gates
..r.. ..lI.furN.d u hls big house The
.H.cr. could n0i resist thetcmD.
.I.lu themselves t0ctorfhino fhaf
fl..r fancy Gates gloomy resi-
...rI.nrH f some distance from the
.... I.u-a.. attracted their attention
wants Dad left The cts with the
...f...f... and as Gates never showed
f.e u1.er. were under the im-
. t.f the place was deserted
O..l.. several stout fellows rushed i'm
,. ....,. the garden. They pulled no
...... tomatoes. cabbarcs. furnips and
... rI rn the ground perfectly bare
,..-... invaded the hack lot and car
-I.r . .Iy and caIf
r. ...r.r of tine prouerfy watched
,.....lir-e from "a ,eirdo,y and
.t.. r.r-ed bis wrath
r.t ua- only thc BEGINNING I'm
........-. f,yo baies off cotton and some
..I ..oDn .foraf Cato. bad made
.......l ho ,yorid bo Alba M urn
..... and tobacco into rrocnbacks.
r....n, f.- INDIGNATION was unbranded
.I... ....... DOB, One fDorning and found
.r..f.f soldier. loading bis hidden
....... ..,, '..,.,,.,. ,,.,,.l,.
r.... .,t M me- hone and r.,oon.
.r.li,., vim tbe rolt,,rs hnr tbey
r.,,.E.1 a. him ty,oiiv t,,o ~
, -ol him, foa free and ,,-,ed
Dm Then they Jumped into the wagon
... r....oT I'm "a little while Gate.
r. N loose. BE went into the
I.... locked the doors
t.t.a.r wore ON hc worked himself
.....rr
.I..... r..f worth l,In.,.ff he said .if
f..... submit An Those ontrao.. II
.,. t...,rr RIGHTS nm have bIoodr'
o. .,t SOME tmc looking through
old. I..... and af last he found au old
.r .... With -n.ieof .au.farliou
.I f.. nurder.u- weapon. anl the
.r 0r 1850 nas spent m ul..tin.
..I.l.I moi li..i a..dcmtl i- ,,..s
...... . razor.
.r t.m comc"' Doe muered
re hour Shat ueHf Gates was
nrl Noise iu Oue 0l fhD lower
I.rin. from h.. Del. Doe fo0k
. a.I HM.l down .tair, rhc
.... enabled him fo -oe every object
.I..r
V. reached fl,. foot of fn,. stairs
f.,..... f.I.-f.n rcould mot Doe mis-.
.r. r. heard the sound off .ng0Hne
l...., ..rl room Turning the door
......-I. he ram against ID hurl, ruff
f.n.rI.rs
.r.. D.f. saker said the soldier
rt... ...,. fhe unrai-ed knife,
DDS .,,..f ,yae ueele.. once twice
n-... ... deadly steel descended and the
,.f, fam with Tine death rattle .u hi.
fr.t
D.ts. -ealed back half stunned when he
,...ol,t l. had dome Am hi. life he
..f l..,. . man, of n.,ce I, MAS an
.~.I ..r'. 49, s.. 'thet white dead fare
r.I ,l. ..ri,... .,,.
d.. ..r.r bad no time fo lose He
-..4fte window thr0a.h which thc n-
,n'D bad entered i then began to
.as about thc cnr".ment of the body
ID0IId not 4n to stand the conseq uence9
act Tie could mot hope for justice.
lr Federal, would kIll him without
r
m m Instant Dis plan was matured-
-l ''e dead man 10y the shoulders
' N'l' "'" li''" '"' '''''
was liN'.a"ie loi 'n, '"',,"
..r noNt. he W"lh "i ""''."-
" iae collar nHu Derh rlth"'u
.rsic-e. ami lhc iloof was niieIe"
N.n,7 oI granite "un "'N'i ln"
1y tle msons.
body was carefully deposited ODD
aad Gates struck "a match oni "1
0Nln-W,ncd u. ~ went U "VIA
Nii" ana iil Ie,7 IMAM ''" "ii"''''
covered me hlcl'-s heap ih '"e
saith pie oi fuo'i-n.
There $40. n' more sleep 'h"' i'-h' lot
li. Wandered rom Iooi" "" Ioo"i
IDS ana planning. w nen informing
.e looked mo " mirror ""', gave q
-fo. horror Ibis face was pnchcd and
I'D. ana Ni- IHIf. so uluch ana glossy